Question: The Toccoa River takes what name after it crosses into Tennessee?
Answer: The Ocoee River. Georgians call it the Toccoa from its source in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the state line at McCaysville, and Tennesseans call it the Ocoee from Copperhill to the Hiwassee River. Both names trace to the Cherokee, and Ocoee is likely derived from a Cherokee word meaning “apricot vine place,” thought to refer to the passionflower.